Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-20

MS wishes. put he proposed {" SNOW .N-
I actlV how much he actually loved her by
/ keeping track uf the process with his gal
Vanometer
His plan was simply this Mr. Nvllum,
while making love should be insulated and
should be the connecting link h@tween two
positive and negative wires, which wires
should run from the arena Of loves Young
dream, the heautiiul twilight stiffness Of
the garden. into the matter Of fact srClu-
sion and the uuSentlmental SurrouH I%S
of Mr. W hen : library. This was why lie
had insisted on silk clothing. because he
wanted To give Mr. Nellum every show,
and silk was the best conductor in the
list of fabrics Consequently having Civ
en- his consent. he fitted up two STATIONARY
stuffed cloth chairs beneath a SpTeadlI (
elm. just where "A colonuade Of beautiful
trees led away to the moonlIt surface NJ Il
sleeping sih er lake Ii WAS beautiful
plaCe for "A man heart. beating with all
the high hopes and pure and ennubiinS
ambitious Of II manly love. la expand ii
self. II WAS also first class locality 10
bring out all the sympathetic electricity
there was i'll him, thought the old gen
tleman a. he surveyed his work and
chuckled The chairs were similar and
were placed side by side quite close to
gether The only difference between
them was that Mr. Nellum's had two
narrow strips Of brass running down the
back and across the seat of the chair out
side of the woolen upholstery. From
these slips two fine No. IL copper wires
led down the chair legs. up the trunk %
the elm, along "A branch, across the lawn
Ia the poriiCu. around the corner uf the
house. through the library window and
connected with the positive and negative
poles Of Mr. When's galVanonct"r. The
chairs stood un the platform, which ap-
peared 10 bc uf rough wood. but WAS really
a large plate Of rough glass. Mr \cilum,
when he ubryed the pronptings of lis
deep affection, would br absolutely inSu-
lated with the exception uf the brass
strips which he would infallibly touch
whichever way he sat AMI thereby com
plete the circuit. Every ohm Of vital cleo
tricity set free 10y the psyche physiological
reactions of his developing sentimental
perturbation would therefore directly seek
all equilibrium in the wires IL he pre-
tended to love symmetry and the galVan-
ometer reading WAS against him, the old
man proposed To set the dog on him with
out delay.
By dusk on Saturday evening Symmetry
was waiting, III the tender trying conflict
Of "A Young girls heart, for her lovers
step. She knew something Of the plan
She WAS perforce party 10 II. She did
not ,iar. Ia tell Mr.. Ncllum for fear her
father had some unearthly machine by
which he would catch her At il. Dressed
in snowy null, with the velvet blush Of
the unfolding rose upon her cheek, she
WAS as gentle as perfect, and as fair As
some women are who make the biblical
angel a rational supposition. Dressed
half an hour too early she came down
stairs and stole softly and alone into the
dark library where the galvanometer,
with its cold polished face Of convex glass,
its shining nickel rim, its circular scale,
with the fine degree marking, and its
thin. almost Invisible needle. lay silent
upon her fathers desk. Who can tell
what loving hopes and tender fears were
hers A. she gazed timidly upon that deli
cate thing of metal aud of glass upon
which all her life happiness depended,
Who can tell the uneXpressed longing
that came IA her as she wished il Were
only pug dog or policeman or any
thing that. by w0nnan's diplomacy, she
could win over 10 her cause. But no, II
was cold and quiet and beyond her. But
she leaned over impulsively and kissed il;
kissed ii warmly and eagerly upon its
face rs all the love in her heart outshone.
The needle trpmbled slightly in gallant
That was all.
Mr. Nellum arrived duly and was ush
cred in by Symmetry to her father. The
old man eyed him sharply while they ex-
ha IL IA, mud Nallnn1
fonllv imagined that the searching glance
was probing deep into his moral charac
ter, but it wasn't IL was directed ell
tirely at his underclothrs. II WAS a little
awkward 10 ask a stranger about his un-
derwear, particularly when he had not
been five minutes in the house. Notwith-
this, however, the old man was
several times on the verge Of it, and Sym
,netry was ia mortal terror. She was 50
nervous tha. she could neither talk nor
sit still She rose to her feet.
MIR Nellum, woul,in 't-wouldn't you
like 10 take walk il: :he GARDEN she
asked nervously. 1t is beautiful To see
he moon rising over the galvanOmeter
The which, asked Mr.. Nellum,
aghast
The lake. the lake, mean" she said
hastily, blushins hotly in her trembling
misery
II :bouId h. d.I;pbted am snre " said
y.Ilum He lrDked askance at her
father
..Ob don't mind me don't mind me ;,
.,iJ ,b,. nld gentleman ouickly II. Was
ruhl,iu,, his hands and seemed As ul.,s.d
,S II b,. ,xara ,,niny To walk himself The
xn men r,s. ..Re natural. all want
"a for Won To he perfectly natural ~ he
ubisnarsd ran;dIv in Vellum,s ear
V.IIum stared at him as If he classed
him as som.thinp decidedly unnatural
am a-Iru erdeayor To ben he said.
,rvly
mn of the door and down the wild.
walk the lover and the loved one
,assaJ The lapgnorons bush of the sum-
ner nigbt WAS perfect. The dewy air WAS
,dcn with the scent of flower and shrub
md tr.. Wonder through the big dark
,lms tho great GOLD moon was climbing
,ba h,ack velvet wall of the sky All YES
Mr. NalIum, If eyer in all the dusty
years az dnstv commerce. Won or any other